Is Sheltering Foster Youth Akin To Incarceration?

Last month, a headline in the Los Angeles Times really caught our attention here at OPEN MINDS – L.A. County Supervisors Debate Whether To Lock Up At-Risk Foster Youth. The crux of the story – Los Angeles County (including foster care authorities, the district attorney, the sheriff, supervisors and voters) have decided “that sex-trafficked youth should no longer be tried and incarcerated as criminals but rather sheltered in foster care and offered services to protect them and . . .